Autumn is the most best time for preparing various tasty and healthy dishes from pumpkin. This sunny autumn berry is always welcome on any table. Yes, yes, don’t be surprised, it’s a berry, and the largest in the world. This is how scientists classify it.
And what is not prepared from this wonderful red beauty - soups, and even sweet pies, for example, such as the famous one. It is boiled, steamed, and baked. And no matter how you cook it, it always turns out very tender, aromatic and incredibly tasty!
And they love dishes made from it not only because it is very tasty and healthy, but also because everything made from this vegetable is not at all difficult to prepare. And even joyful! She with her red sunny appearance always stimulates us to prepare only delicious dishes from it.
Today we will prepare such dishes, namely, we will bake the red-haired beauty in the oven. And we will do this in several different ways. Because there is nothing tastier than this beauty stuffed and baked in the oven!
Pumpkin stuffed with meat and potatoes, baked in the oven
We will need (for 2 servings):
- pumpkin – 2 pieces, 800 g each
- meat - 400 gr
- onion - 2 pcs -120 gr
- potatoes - 2-3 pcs
- bell pepper - 1 piece
- carrots - 2-3 pcs (medium)
- tomatoes - 2-3 pcs (medium)
- spices - mixture provencal herbs, thyme, coriander - 1 teaspoon
- salt, pepper - to taste
- vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. spoons
Preparation:
1. Cut the meat into small pieces of the same size.
2. Cut the onion into thinner half rings.
3. Prepare a cauldron or stewpan in which we will cook. Heat the oil to a bluish haze. Add the meat and fry, stirring until it turns golden brown. As soon as it browns, add the onion.
4. Fry the meat with onions. The onion should also be slightly browned.
5. While the meat and onions are fried, peel and cut the carrots into slices (if they are not large), or if they are large, then cut them into cubes.
6. Peel and cut potatoes and bell peppers into cubes.
7. Make a cross-shaped cut on the tomatoes, pour boiling water over them and cut them into the same size cubes as other vegetables.
8. When the meat and onions are fried, pour hot water over them boiled water. You don't need to add much, just cover the ingredients. Let it boil and simmer over low heat until the meat is cooked.
9. Once the meat is ready, which will take about 30-40 minutes, add the tomatoes. Fry for 2-3 minutes. The tomatoes should soften slightly and become pureed.
10. Add carrots and also fry for 2-3 minutes.
11. Then it’s the turn of the bell pepper, which also needs to be fried for 2-3 minutes.
12. Well, and finally - potatoes, they also need to be added and mixed. No need to add water. There will be juice from the vegetables and there will be enough of it to prevent the potatoes from burning when frying.
But if for some reason there is not enough liquid, then you can add a little water.
13. When the potatoes have softened a little, salt and pepper the dish being prepared. You also need to add spices. You can add any spices you like. Today I add a mixture of Provençal herbs, ground coriander and thyme, for a total of just over half a teaspoon.
Potatoes need to be stewed together with vegetables and meat until half cooked. It shouldn't fall apart, but it shouldn't be soggy either.
14. In the meantime, let's do the pumpkin. It needs to be washed thoroughly. If they were bought in a store or market, it is best to wash them with soap and a brush. Then rinse thoroughly big amount cold water.
15. Cut off the cap and select the loose center with the seeds. You can use a regular tablespoon for this.
If the fruits are large, then part of the pulp is also selected and added to the filling. But today we have small portioned Instances, so there is not very much pulp in them anyway. Therefore, there is no need to choose anything else.
We made pots from the vegetable in which our dish will be prepared.
16. When the potatoes reach the desired state, fill the improvised pots with filling to the very top. Cover the top with a lid.
17. Cut two pieces of foil for each. Fold them crosswise and brush with oil. Place the vegetable in the middle and wrap the foil around it, tightly covering all the cracks.
18. Repeat the same with the second beauty.
19. Grease the baking tray vegetable oil and place the prepared products on it.
20. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and place a baking sheet in it. Bake for an hour and a half, sometimes if the pumpkin is larger, it takes longer - an hour forty or two hours.
21. The readiness of the dish is determined by using a toothpick. If you pierce the skin, it should be soft.
22. When the product is ready, remove the foil and serve on a plate, garnished with a sprig of thyme.
As you can see, the dish turned out very beautiful and elegant, just like autumn itself! And take my word for it - very tasty! It’s true that I personally didn’t manage to eat the whole portion! It turned out too filling! But my husband ate everything with pleasure, until the very end.
It should be said that when you eat, be sure to pick up the baked vegetable from the edges and eat it along with the filling. The taste is simply divine. She imbued all the other ingredients with her taste and aroma, and they, in turn, exchanged juices with her, and everything turned out to be what is called “neither subtract nor add.”
What else I would like to note is, in fact, this stuffed dish prepares very quickly. Preliminary preparation and frying is a standard procedure used in the preparation of many dishes. It doesn't take long and is easy to do.
And then the baking process begins directly. And although it is quite long, it is not at all troublesome.
The next recipe is also good and well worth considering.
Porridge in pumpkin, baked in the oven
This is a fairly popular and popular dish. It is very tasty and inexpensive to prepare. Both adults and children love him.
It is mainly stuffed with millet and rice. But it happens that they are baked with buckwheat. Previously, porridge with millet and honey was baked in a Russian oven, and this was the most favorite children's delicacy. Now we cook this porridge in the oven, and the kids eat it with no less pleasure! This porridge is good for both breakfast and lunch. It turns out fragrant and very tender.
It's so easy to prepare that anyone can do it!
Millet porridge
We will need:
- pumpkin - 1 piece
- millet - 1 cup
- milk - 3 cups
- butter - 50 g
- salt - a pinch
- sugar or honey - optional
Before starting to describe the recipe, it should be noted that cereal and milk should be taken in a ratio of 1 to 3. “Cup” is a relative concept and depends on the size of the vegetable. Focus on its size and the amount of milk that can fit in it.
Also keep in mind that when cooked, millet increases in volume by 2-2.5 times.
Porridge can be cooked in one large pumpkin, for everyone at once. Or you can use small ones - one serving for each.
If you want the porridge to be sweet, then add sugar or honey to taste, and if not, then add only salt.
Preparation:
1. Rinse the vegetable thoroughly and wipe it. Cut off the “lid” - the top.
2. Using a tablespoon, carefully remove the soft, loose part along with the seeds.
3. Rinse the millet in several waters, then drain the water. And pour the cereal into our makeshift pot.
4. Salt, or add sugar or honey and pour milk over the millet. Don't forget to leave enough space in the vegetable!
5. Place the prepared dish on a baking sheet or in a mold. Don't forget to grease them with oil first. To cover with a lid"
6. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place a baking tray with the product in it. Bake for 30 minutes.
7. So that it does not fry too much. and remains beautiful and rosy, after 30 minutes, reduce the temperature to 150 degrees. Bake for another 1 hour.
During this time, the porridge should be completely ready, and the crust of the vegetable should be easily pierced with a toothpick.
If the instance is too large, then total time Cooking can take up to two hours!
8. At the end of cooking, open the “lid” and put butter on top. Cover the lid and let the butter melt, and let the porridge brew a little and rest. During this time, the oil will saturate the millet, and our porridge will be crumbly and tasty.
9. If you took small vegetables, then serve them all straight.
If you cooked in a large one, then spoon out the required portion for everyone. Don't forget to add the most delicious thing - these are pieces of sweet vegetables!
Or you can add raisins to the porridge, and it will be even tastier.
Eat for your health!
Rice porridge with dried fruits and honey
Almost all children eat this porridge with pleasure. When you put the baked red beauty on the table and open the lid, the kids gasp with delight. And then all you can hear is the sound of spoons hitting cups.
We will need:
- pumpkin - 1.5-2 kg
- rice - 1.5 - 2 cups
- milk - 400-500 ml (cream can be used)
- butter - 50 - 60 g
- dried fruits - raisins, dried apricots. prunes
- any nuts - a handful
- honey - to taste
- salt - a pinch
Preparation:
1. Rinse the rice under running water until the water becomes clear. To prevent rice from sticking, you can use steamed rice. And if you use round rice, then you can pour boiling water over it for 5 minutes and then drain the water. This way the porridge will be crumbly and not sticky.
2. Also rinse the dried fruits. I also pour boiling water over them for 3-4 minutes.
You can also add any fruit that is in season. These can be apples, peaches, apricots. In autumn you can add quince.
3. Sort and chop the nuts until they form “palpable pieces,” but not very large ones.
4. Rinse the vegetable with a brush, then dry it and cut off the upper part - the “lid”.
5. In a separate bowl, mix rice, salt, honey, dried fruits and nuts.
6. Place half of the norm on the bottom butter.
7. Fill 3/4 of the way with filling. The rice will increase in volume during cooking, and if you fill it to the top with the filling, the porridge may escape!
8. Lay out the remaining butter and pour in milk. To cover with a lid".
9. Prepare foil. To do this, cut two long strips, place them crosswise and grease with oil. Place the filled form in the middle and wrap without leaving any gaps.
10. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Grease a baking tray with oil and place the product there. Bake for 1-1.5 hours. If it is large or if it has a very hard crust, it may take two hours.
11. B finished form the crust should be easily pierced with a toothpick, and the rice should be completely cooked.
12. Take out the baking sheet and let the dish stand for 15-20 minutes. Then remove the foil and place our beauty on a plate.
13. Cut into segments and serve the porridge along with the baked pumpkin. Or put the porridge on a plate, and remove the pulp separately and cut into cubes.
The dish turns out simply “finger lickin’ good!” Don’t be surprised if, after eating one serving, you are asked for more!
Chicken and Lentil Recipe
For lentil lovers, you can cook this: tasty dish. But even if you are not a particular fan of lentils, then after you try this dish you may well become a fan of it!
We will need:
- pumpkin – 1 piece – 2 kg
- chicken fillet— 500 gr
- green lentils - 1 cup
- onion - 1 pc.
- tomatoes - 200 gr
- bell pepper - 1 piece
- vegetable oil - 3-4 tbsp. spoons
- salt, pepper - to taste
- spices - paprika, thyme, coriander, cumin, hops - suneli - mixture 1 teaspoon
- adjika - 1 tbsp. spoon
Preparation:
1. Cut the chicken into cubes. Onions - into smaller cubes.
2. Heat the oil in a saucepan or cauldron. Add onion and fry until lightly golden color. Then add chicken meat and fry for 5-6 minutes.
3. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, remove the skin and cut into cubes. Add to chicken and fry for 2-3 minutes.
4. bell pepper cut into cubes and add to the prepared dish. Simmer for another 2-3 minutes.
5. Add adjika, spices, salt.
6. Rinse the lentils in a colander and add to a saucepan or cauldron, depending on what you are cooking in.
7. Add boiling water, let it boil and try to see if there is enough salt. If it turns out to be too little, add salt to your taste.
8. Boil the lentils until full readiness. During this time, almost all the water should boil away.
9. While the lentils are cooking, let’s prepare the pumpkin. Wash it thoroughly and dry it with a towel. Then, as in previous recipes, cut off the lid. Carefully remove the loose core with seeds. To make this easy, we use a tablespoon.
We also remove some of the pulp. Ours is large, and therefore its walls are thick. To ensure that the dish is baked better, it is enough to leave the walls 1.5-2 cm thick.
10. Cut what you took out into cubes and add to the lentils 5 minutes before they are ready.
11. Prepare the foil. We cut two long identical strips, place them crosswise and grease them with oil. We place an improvised form in the center and fill it with lentil and chicken filling.
12. Cover tightly with foil, trying not to leave any gaps.
13. Grease a baking sheet with oil and place the vegetable wrapped in foil on it.
14. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 1.5 - 2 hours. Depending on the size of the workpiece and the characteristics of the variety. The crust of the finished dish should be easily pierced with a toothpick.
15. Ready dish remove and let stand for 10 minutes.
16. Then remove the foil and place the vegetable on big dish. Decorate with greens.
17. Cut into segments and serve along with a piece of pulp.
The aroma permeates the whole house. Now there is already the first snowball in the garden and all the bees are spending the winter somewhere in a warm place. Otherwise, they would certainly flock to such a smell.
This dish is not prepared as often as the first three. And all because lentils are cooked less in general. But it’s very tasty and useful culture, the dishes from which are delicious even without meat. Therefore, if you often prepare pumpkin dishes and are looking for some new recipe, then take note of this recipe. I think that he will not leave you indifferent.
And in conclusion, I want to say a few more words about the red-haired beauty herself! It has a very positive effect on your mood! Therefore, if you suddenly feel sad in a rainy autumn or stormy winter, then simply take a pumpkin from the pantry, or buy it at the store, and prepare any dish from it. The mood will immediately change its polarity.
After all, with its positive color, amazing aroma and incomparable beauty, it’s just the right thing to do!
Baked pumpkin is considered one of the healthiest dishes. Main distinctive quality such a product that it is low in calories. In 100 grams fresh vegetable contains only 28 kcal. Cooked pumpkin in the oven contains 27 kcal, which is almost the same as the original value.
You can make a lot of delicious things from this vegetable. Starting from simple option baked dishes in the oven and ending with various desserts. Today we will look at recipes for baked pumpkin in the oven. We will prepare it in different ways, both in pieces and whole. And in addition, it will use ingredients such as honey, apples, sugar and many other interesting things.
During the cooking process, you may encounter the problem of hard skin. In this case, there is no need to worry. Before placing a vegetable in a dish, hold it for a long time in the oven, this way the peel will come off much easier and faster.
Well, now is the time to start studying the recipe. Let's go down below and try our favorite option of preparing baked pumpkin in the oven, in pieces and whole.
Baked pumpkin in the oven - recipe in pieces in pots
Let's first look at classic version preparing baked pumpkin. We will cook it in the oven. Bake in small clay pots. According to the most common recipe.
This dish turns out to be quite lean, and most importantly healthy. So, don’t skimp on the seeds and plant this wonderful vegetable in your garden. Well, let's start cooking...
We will need:
- fresh pumpkin - 1 pc.
- water - depending on the number of servings
- clay pots
Preparation:
1. Let's prepare the most main ingredient Our dish is pumpkin. To do this, we wash it and cut it into two equal halves. Then, using a regular tablespoon, remove the seeds from the very core.
You don't have to throw away pumpkin seeds, as they are considered very healthy. It is necessary to rinse them under running water through a colander. Allow the remaining water to drain, then place on a sheet and dry in the oven at minimum temperature. Let it cool a little and you can try it.
All that remains is to remove the skin. It is very convenient to do this by manually peeling vegetables. If you don’t have one at hand, you can use a regular knife instead. But be extremely careful, because... The skin is quite hard and slippery.
Let's start cutting this yellow and nutritious vegetable. We will cut the pumpkin into small slices. But it is still advisable to respect the size so that one piece does not end up twice as large as the other. This will negatively affect our dish when baked.
2. It's time to start preparing the pots. If necessary, we wash them before use. Can be dried with a regular cloth. Then lay out the chopped pumpkin all the way to the top.
On average, this pot yields 250 grams of peeled pumpkin. This means that in our case, for 4 bowls we will need one kilogram of fresh and processed vegetables.
Now fill the pots with 1/4 cup of water. Some people add sugar, but we add honey at the very end. Why at the end of baking? This way, when heated, it will not lose all its beneficial qualities.
You can do everything without additional additives in the form of honey and sugar. But then it’s worth considering that the taste of baked pumpkin will turn out to be a little bland.
So that the pots are in a more stable state in the oven. It is necessary to place them initially on a baking sheet, and only then in a heating cabinet. Oh, and don't forget to cover the clay bowls with lids.
3. Bake the dish at 180 degrees for 60 minutes or one hour. Please note that this time may vary depending on the quality of your vegetable.
Remove the finished pumpkin from the oven. If, when inserted, you feel that the product is not fully cooked. It’s okay, you can turn off the stove and leave the pots to simmer for a short time.
Baked pumpkin cooked in the oven can be served. Having previously posted it in beautiful plate, and pour honey on top. This delicacy can be eaten both cold and warm. Can be used in addition to tea.
Amazing version of lean pumpkin with garlic
This cooking option will be amazing for lovers of spicy foods. And, in order not to disappoint such gourmets, we will add fresh garlic and a little spicy seasoning. Which will make our dish tasty and piquant a hundred times.
We will need:
- pumpkin slices - 450 gr.
- garlic - 1-2 heads (depending on the size of the cloves and taste preferences)
- salt, pepper - to taste
- olive oil - 50 gr.
- basil and thyme, maybe oregano
- balsamic vinegar - 10 gr.
Preparation:
1. Remove the seeds from the prepared pumpkin. If necessary, remove the skin. By the way, in in this case the vegetable can be left with the peel. Just keep in mind that it is not too hard.
When slicing, observe the thickness of the slice. Don't make it too wide. If it turns out the way you didn’t want, then increase the baking time. Try not to keep the vegetables too long, otherwise they may dry out.
2. Let's start preparing the seasoning. To do this, take a small but deep bowl. Pour olive oil into it and then add all the necessary spices, such as basil, thyme and oregano.
We add garlic only for flavor. Therefore, when baking, the cloves should be placed whole next to the pumpkin. If you like very spicy things, then rub the garlic through a grater.
Now our task is to take a baking sheet and cover it with foil. We place chopped pumpkin on top. Then pour over the resulting mixture of seasonings. Mix everything well with your hands. It’s more convenient, of course, to smear each slice with a silicone brush.
Sprinkle on top chopped garlic, or simply place the cloves on the sheet with the pumpkin. Place the baking sheet in the oven. We will bake at 170-180 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
Please note that the baking time indicated is average. Start from the product itself and its readiness. Don't rely on your watch alone.
Remove the finished pumpkin and serve. By the way this great alternative to meat, which will replace the usual potatoes on your table.
Sweet recipe for baked pumpkin with honey
Now we will look at the most delicious and sweet recipe preparing baked pumpkin. This dish is quite easy and interesting to prepare. In the composition we will use natural honey and fresh pumpkin. For added piquancy, add a little nutmeg, which can be replaced with ground cinnamon.
We will need:
- pumpkin - 1 pc. small or 1/4 part large
- honey - 3-4 tablespoons
- nutmeg- 1/4 part or ground - 0.5 teaspoon
- olive oil, can be replaced with sunflower oil
Preparation:
1. First of all, you need to prepare the pumpkin. We wash it under running water and peel it.
We remove the seeds similarly to the previous recipes, using big spoon.
Then cut the peeled vegetable into equal-sized slices. You can make the pieces a little smaller. But keep in mind that the baking time will also be significantly reduced.
2. Place the prepared pumpkin slices on a sheet. Lubricate each piece with honey on both sides using a silicone brush.
If you only have honey from last year. Which has a candied consistency, no need to worry. You can pour it into a deep bowl and heat it at a minimum temperature of microwave oven. Just don't overdo it.
To make it easier to turn the pumpkin over to coat the other side with honey. Take small tongs and it will be much faster. Or use regular Chinese chopsticks.
3. Now take a grater with a fine sieve and grate the nutmeg on it. You can initially wipe it on a separate plate. Or perform this process directly above the product (pumpkin).
Then lightly spray with olive oil or replace it with vegetable oil.
Cover the top with foil and place in the oven. Preheat it to 200 degrees.
Baking time under foil is 30 minutes. Then carefully remove our dish using a potholder and remove the foil. And let the pumpkin bake for another 15 minutes. This way a beautiful and crispy color is formed on the surface of the pumpkin. Which will give the dish an even more appetizing look.
Baking pumpkin with apple
One of my most favorite recipes. Why? It simultaneously combines two awesome ingredients: apple and pumpkin. What delight this dish brings to our children. Try it, I’m sure yours will not remain indifferent.
We will need:
- pumpkin - 500 gr.
- apples - 3-4 pcs.
- lemon
- water - 100 ml.
- granulated sugar - 80 gr.
- butter - 30 gr.
Bake at 200 degrees for 35-40 minutes
Preparation:
1. Cut the processed pumpkin into cubes. You can cut it a little larger, but keep in mind that the cooking time will then increase.
Pour the resulting pieces onto a baking sheet. In which we will bake our dish.
Line the bottom of the baking sheet in advance parchment paper.
2. Let's prepare another important ingredient in this dish - an apple. Wash the fruit thoroughly under running water. Dry with a cloth.
Then we cut it into two parts and remove the seed part and the stalk.
The cutting will be similar to pumpkin, in small cubes. If you wish, you can peel the apple. But keep in mind that in this case, the fruit may soften during baking. And they will acquire the consistency of porridge.
Pour it in sliced apples to the pumpkin. Season these two ingredients with sugar and lemon juice. Mix gently using a spoon or hands. Cut the squeezed lemon into small pieces and add it to the pumpkin mixture. Pour 100 ml here. water, and place small pieces of butter on top.
Place the resulting mixture in the oven, which must be preheated to 200 degrees. The baking time will be 35-40 minutes.
The finished dish turns out very juicy and full of vitamins. It can be served both for lunch and for breakfast. Bon appetit!
Stuff the whole pumpkin with meat and potatoes
We have discussed quite a few recipes with you above. But the pumpkin in each of them is cut into pieces. That is why I propose to consider another recipe. Where we will bake the whole pumpkin. Yes, we’ll also stuff it. And the filling will be potatoes and minced meat.
We will bake this dish in the oven. If the pumpkin doesn’t have time to cook in the suggested time, I’ll tell you a little later how to get it ready.
We will need:
- pumpkin - 1 pc. medium size
- minced meat (pork, beef) - 800 gr.
- potatoes - 3 pcs.
- onions - 1-2 pcs.
- greens (parsley and dill) - 1 bunch
- salt and pepper - to taste
Preparation:
1. Let's start preparing the pumpkin. In this case, there is no need to peel the skin. Cut the pumpkin into two equal parts. Scoop out the seeds using a large spoon.
2. Now let's prepare the filling. Peel the onion and cut into fine crumbs. Peel the potatoes, wash them and grate them on a coarse grater. Then we rinse again, to make it more convenient, put the grated potatoes in a sieve and rinse under running water.
By washing grated potatoes, we get rid of excess starch. If you do not do this, the potatoes may turn black. And it will give our dish a not entirely fresh and appetizing look.
We process the greens, remove fading leaves and wash them too. Chop very finely. IN this option When cooking, you can combine several types of herbs, such as parsley and dill.
3. Now mix everything chopped ingredients. Let's add it here chopped meat(beef or pork). Mix all products thoroughly and season with salt and pepper to taste. You can add your favorite seasoning if you wish, but don't overdo it.
Posting ready-made filling into the pumpkin, dividing it into exactly two halves. Close the two parts together. Then wrap it in foil and place it on a sheet.
Place the prepared baking sheet with pumpkin in the oven, preheating it to 150 degrees. Let the dish simmer for 2-2.5 hours.
If after the end of time the pumpkin has not had time to cook. Simply remove it from the foil and place the two pieces on a baking sheet, opening them up. And leave the dish to simmer for another half hour.
It is preferable not to cut the finished stuffed pumpkin, but to eat it straight up. Just take a large spoon and scoop in the filling and prepared pumpkin pulp in small portions.
Baked pumpkin, 2 options for cooking in the oven
And finally, in conclusion to the article, let’s look at two more amazing recipe preparations. We will cook baked pumpkin in the oven. And a wonderful and very experienced chef will tell us about them.
This dish is very simple and tasty to prepare. The most important thing is that everything necessary ingredients You can find it at home.
Like these ones delicious recipes we sorted it out today. The most important thing is that you do not choose everything cooked will be very healthy and nutritious. All dishes are easy to prepare, so novice housewives are welcome here.
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In an effort to present a dish in an original way, skilled chefs, when baking dishes in the oven, often replace the pots with whole pumpkin. Interesting presentation causes delight, there is no need to talk about the taste of the fillings. You can stuff an unusual pot with anything! Porridge is cooked in pumpkin, meat and vegetables are stewed, casseroles and sweet desserts are made.
Among the fillings, sweet fillings are the leaders. These are apples, raisins, prunes, dried apricots and other fruits. Often nuts and honey are found in recipes.
The “pot” can be filled with cereals: millet, buckwheat, rice. Meat eaters will be pleased with the addition of chicken, beef, or any minced meat.
Tip: For baking, choose a small or medium-sized pumpkin.
Whole baked pumpkin with rice and meat in foil
A hearty dish, a great alternative to any rice dish for dinner. The family will be delighted with the unusual pot of vegetables and meat.
Required:
- Rice - a glass.
- Pumpkin.
- Meat (chicken, beef) – 800 gr.
- Onions – 2-3 pcs.
- Bell pepper.
- Tomato.
- Carrot.
- Garlic - to taste.
- Bun lettuce, dill, parsley, salt, pepper.
- Sunflower oil.
Step-by-step preparation:
- The day before, boil the rice until half cooked. Drain off excess broth.
- Divide the meat into cubes; I advise you not to make them large, so that they are cooked at the same time as the vegetables and rice.
- Fry in a frying pan in oil until almost done.
- Cut off the top of a clean pumpkin to make a lid. Remove the seed part, being careful not to touch the walls of the vegetable. If the pumpkin is thick-walled, scrape out some of the pulp, leaving the walls at least 1-1.5 centimeters thick. Do not throw away the cut pulp; we will need about a third of it for the filling.
- Grease the pot sunflower oil from the inside, coat the top part. Salt the inside and a little outside.
- Cut the tomato and onion into small cubes. Chop carrots and peppers into strips. Peel the garlic, no need to cut it, this dish it is used entirely. Chop the greens.
- Add the onion to the heated oil, followed by the carrots after a couple of minutes. Fry together for 3-4 minutes. Add peppers, tomatoes, plus a third of the pumpkin pulp that we got when we scraped out the pot. Immediately add salt, sprinkle with pepper, and stir. Simmer for a few minutes.
- The filling is laid out in layers in the pot. The order is as follows: rice, fried vegetables, then meat, then rice again. If there is some space left, repeat the layers. The border of the filling is 1.5 cm to the top.
- Splash a little water and add more if necessary. Cover the pumpkin with the cut out lid.
- Spread foil on a baking sheet. You will need 2 sheets, laid out crosswise.
- Place the pot. Carefully wrap with foil and secure with a toothpick. Baking temperature 180-200 o C. Baking time – 1-1.5 hours.
Pumpkin baked whole with potatoes and meat in the oven
Take any meat, I recommend chicken, it bakes faster. The dish turns out to be dietary, amazingly aromatic and satisfying. Find out another wonderful one on another page of the site.
You will need:
- Pumpkin.
- Chicken fillet – 300 gr.
- Mushrooms (champignons) – 200 gr.
- Potato tubers – 300 gr.
- Large onion.
- Sour cream – 200 ml.
- Garlic cloves - a couple of pieces.
- Salt, pepper, oil, bay leaf.
How to cook:
- Wash and dry the pumpkin. Cut off the top, remove the seeds and pulp. Make sure that the walls remain thick and intact.
- Cut the chicken fillet into cubes and fry until golden brown. Remove from the frying pan and sauté the onion cubes with sliced champignons in the remaining oil.
- The potatoes must be boiled a little first. 10 minutes after boiling, drain the broth and sprinkle with pepper.
- We assemble the pot: a layer of half the potatoes, followed by the chicken. Next are the mushrooms with onions, and the top of the remaining potatoes.
- Pour in a little water, covering the bottom layer of potatoes.
- Do sour cream filling, mixing sour cream with crushed garlic. Add to the pumpkin, cover with the cut lid.
- The temperature in the oven should be approximately 180-190 o C, the cooking time should be 1 hour.
Whole pumpkin stuffed with rice and dried fruits
A sweet option for preparing whole pumpkin. If you plan to bake in the summer, replace dried fruits fresh berries and fruits in any combination.
Take:
- Pumpkin.
- Rice – 3 large spoons.
- Raisins - a handful.
- Pitted prunes – 5-7 pcs.
- Pumpkin pulp - 3 tablespoons.
- Honey - a small spoon.
- Salt, butter.
How to cook:
- Steam dried fruits with boiling water for 10 minutes.
- Boil until half cooked rice cereal in salted water, drain off excess broth, cool.
- Cut the lid off the vegetable and carefully select the middle part.
- Grate some of the pulp on a fine-mesh grater. Simmer in a small saucepan with a little water.
- Mix boiled rice with dried fruits (chop prunes into slices). Add honey, stewed pumpkin pulp. Mix the filling.
- Stuff the pot and close the lid. Bake at 180°C for 45-50 minutes.
How to bake whole sweet pumpkin with honey
And also with nuts and cinnamon - a real feast for those with a sweet tooth. The recipe will work For children's party, can become a “trick” of the table. I have a few more wonderful recipes, come in, I’ll be glad.
- Pumpkin.
- Nuts (almonds, walnuts) – 200 gr.
- Honey – 170 gr.
- Ground cinnamon - a pinch.
- Lemon juice- spoon.
How to do:
- Select a small pumpkin, wash it, cut off the top. Remove the seeds and pulp.
- Dry the nuts in a dry frying pan, crush into fine crumbs (in a mortar or blender).
- Add nut crumbs in honey, add cinnamon and lemon juice there. Stir the mass.
- Stuff the pumpkin with sweet minced meat and cover. Place in the oven at 180°C for 30 minutes. After the time has passed, keep the dish in the oven for another 10 minutes.
Recipe for pumpkin baked in the oven with minced meat
There are countless recipes for baked pumpkin, I chose from oriental flavor, adapted to Chinese cuisine.
Required:
- Pumpkin.
- Any minced meat – 400-500 gr.
- Onions - a couple of pieces.
- Soy sauce - large spoon.
- Ground ginger - a pinch.
- Starch - Art. spoon.
- Sesame oil - spoon.
- Salt.
How to cook:
- Prepare the pumpkin for use by washing, cutting off the cap and scraping out the inside.
- Pour into minced meat soy sauce, divorced a small amount water starch, sesame oil.
- Add finely chopped onion. Add ginger and salt. Mix the filling.
- Stuff the pumpkin and cover with a lid. Submerge in the oven at 180-200 o C. Baking time 1-1.5 hours.
Whole baked pumpkin with millet
From whole pumpkin, stuffed with millet, you can prepare a row hearty dishes with meat. Today I propose dessert option baking in the oven. For festive serving you can add a handful of nuts or seeds.
Prepare:
- Pumpkin.
- Raisins, dried apricots – 200 gr.
- Millet – 1.5 cups.
- Sugar – 4 large spoons.
How to cook:
- Wash the millet, cook with added sugar until half cooked. Shortly before the end of cooking, add raisins and chopped dried apricots.
- Cut off the lid of the vegetable, gut the inside, removing seeds and pulp.
- Add almost finished millet porridge.
- Close the lid and bake in the oven at a temperature of 180 o C. 20-30 minutes are enough for cooking.
Video recipe with a step-by-step story about baking a whole pumpkin in the oven. May you always have delicious food!
Pumpkin is delicious and healthy vegetable, suitable for creating variety of dishes. It is stewed with sugar, used to make porridge, fried with fruits, mushrooms or meat. The simplest and most effective option is fragrant pumpkin, baked whole in the oven. You should definitely learn how to cook it!
Whole pumpkin baked in the oven with dried fruits and rice
Vegetable stuffed with sweet rice and dried fruits, can be wonderful dessert for the whole family.
During baking, products retain most of their valuable vitamins, so pumpkin cooked in the oven turns out light, healthy and nutritious.
To make the treat especially tasty, you should choose a ripe, small-sized fruit of bright orange color with a dense and smooth skin without damage.
Required components:
- ripe pumpkin – 4.8 kg;
- heavy cream (35%) – 35 ml;
- granulated sugar – 40 g;
- prunes – 120 g;
- dried apricots – 90 g;
- raisins – 100 g;
- butter (82%) – 40 g;
- long rice – 130 g.
Cooking:
- Wash the vegetable and carefully cut off the top. Then remove the pulp with seeds and use a knife to trim the inner surface so that the thickness of the pumpkin walls is 2.5 cm.
- Wash the rice well, then add it to the pan with cold water and cook until half cooked. Place the hot cereal in a colander and allow all the liquid to drain.
- Rinse dried fruits with running water, pour boiling water over them and leave for half an hour. Then remove and dry.
- Place the cooled rice in a deep bowl, add sugar and dried fruits. Then pour in the cream, add melted butter and stir.
- Place the finished filling into the cavity of the pumpkin, cover with the cut off top and place in an oven heated to 160 degrees for 1.5 hours.
Cool the hot treat a little, then transfer it to a beautiful tray and place it on the table. You can offer it liquid honey and your favorite drinks.
How to cook with millet
This interesting recipe all supporters will like it proper nutrition. Millet porridge, stewed in pumpkin, receives all its aroma, is enriched with vitamins, steams and acquires a simply amazing taste.
Required components:
- pumpkin – 3.5 kg;
- millet – 200 g;
- two small carrots;
- milk (2.5%) – 100 ml;
- granulated sugar, salt - to your taste.
Cooking:
- Wash the fruit, cut off the top part and carefully remove all the pulp. Then trim the walls of the pumpkin from the inside to a thickness of 2 cm.
- Peel the carrots and chop them on a grater with large holes.
- Wash the millet under the tap with water and place it inside the pumpkin. Then pour milk, add grated carrots, salt and add sugar.
- After this, cover the vegetable with the cut top and place it in the oven.
- Cook the dish at 175 degrees for about fifty minutes.
It is worth considering that the pumpkin should be filled to half or a little more with the filling, since the cereal will increase in volume during cooking.
Remove the pumpkin and millet from the oven and let it stand for half an hour. Then put the porridge on plates, add chopped pieces of pumpkin and treat everyone present.
Required components:
- buckwheat – 0.3 kg;
- hard butter – 55 g;
- pumpkin – 3.3 kg;
- cream (20%) – 0.2 l;
- table salt – 3 g;
- water – 0.32 l.
Cooking:
- Rinse the vegetable under running water, cut off the top and use a large spoon to scoop out the inner fibers.
- Sort the buckwheat and rinse it several times with water.
- Pour the prepared cereal into the pumpkin, then add salt, pour in the cream, add water and stir.
- Cover the vegetable with the cut top, wrap the top with foil, then place on a baking sheet and place in the oven.
- Bake pumpkin with buckwheat at 200 degrees for two hours.
Put butter in the finished treat and let it brew for a while. warm oven forty minutes. Crumbly and fluffy porridge It is recommended to serve with cutlets and vegetable salad.
Sweet pumpkin baked whole in the oven with honey
Pumpkin cooked in a pot with sweet filling made from nuts, honey and apples, will win the hearts of even the most sophisticated sweet tooth! This dish looks very elegant and can adequately decorate any holiday table.
Required components:
- three small pumpkins;
- apples – 2.8 kg;
- cream butter – 32 g;
- a pinch of cinnamon;
- walnuts – 125 g;
- honey – 100 g;
- raisins – 85 g.
- raspberries, strawberries - 90 g each.
Cooking:
- Rinse the vegetables under tap water, cut off the tops and remove internal fibers.
- Now you need to prepare the filling. To do this, peel the apples and cut them into small slices. Rinse the berries with water, place in a sieve and dry slightly. Rinse raisins in hot water. Break the nuts into small pieces.
- Combine all ingredients, add honey, add cinnamon and stir.
- Stuff orange fruits sweet mixture, put a piece of butter on top, cover with the cut off tops and place in the oven.
- Bake vegetables for an hour at 185 degrees, then remove and cool.
Sweet baked pumpkin goes well with warm milk or fresh hot tea.
With meat, mushrooms and potatoes
To surprise guests invited to dinner, you can make a luxurious treat - pumpkin, stuffed with meat, potatoes and mushrooms. Original dish has rich taste And unique aroma forest mushrooms, so it will definitely appeal to all participants of the home banquet.
Pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven or fully capable of satisfying culinary requests both in its taste and in the way it is served. Pumpkin dishes can be sweet, caramelized and salty, with meat or mushroom filling. Today, such a fruit as pumpkin is undeservedly forgotten... But in vain! One has only to remember how many different dishes are made from it: soups, cereals, pies, candied fruits, jams and much more. Pumpkin - inexpensive product that everyone can afford. Its value lies in its high nutritional value and benefits.
“Whole baked pumpkin with meat”
Baking pumpkin in portions is quite labor-intensive. Therefore, the recipe for preparing one pumpkin with meat filling much easier. In addition, the inner minced meat remains warm longer, as if it had just been taken out of oven. For the proposed one you will need:
1 medium sized pumpkin
1 kg veal or pork pulp,
200-300 g fresh champignons,
5-6 cloves of garlic,
3 onions,
Wheat flour,
1 cup mayonnaise or sour cream,
Vegetable oil,
Parsley,
Ground allspice and black pepper, salt, bay leaf.
For baking, select a smooth, beautiful fruit, wash it and wipe it dry with a paper towel. Then the “lid” is cut off from it, and the fibers and seeds are cleaned out with a spoon or knife; part of the inner pulp is also captured, leaving the walls of the fruit 2-2.5 cm thick. The meat is cut into arbitrary pieces, beaten, salted, peppered and marinated for some time. Afterwards, the meat is transferred to a deep frying pan, sprinkled with flour and fried in vegetable oil over high heat until browned. As soon as it forms golden brown crust, the heat must be reduced and finely chopped mushrooms, onion rings, and peppers added to the meat. A little water is poured into the mixture and it is simmered with the lid closed until half cooked. Then mayonnaise or sour cream is added, and stewing continues until the meat softens.
The mixture prepared in this way is transferred to a pumpkin “pot”. Chopped herbs and crushed garlic are also sent there. They are mixed, and the pumpkin is covered with a lid, placed in a hot oven and baked. The workpiece is kept at a temperature of about 200 C until the “pot” withers. Oven baked pumpkin recipe put on the table and treat everyone excellent dish, the aroma and taste of which will pleasantly surprise you.
Spicy baked pumpkin slices
For a sweet dish with slices you need to prepare:
800 g pumpkin pulp,
1 citrus (for example, lemon),
50 g raisins,
2 tbsp. liquid or melted honey
1 tsp. allspice and pink peppercorns,
Cinnamon, a pinch of salt.
Pumpkin pulp is chopped big pieces and baked for half an hour in the oven at 200 C. The raisins are soaked in warm water. Peas of pink and allspice crushed with salt and cinnamon. Sweet pumpkin baked in the oven cut into smaller, convenient slices and sprinkle with spices (you can even mix them with spices). The juice is squeezed out of the citrus (of course, to season the pumpkin the best way sour lemon is suitable). Lemon juice is mixed with liquid honey (or you can melt candied honey), and pour this mixture over the pumpkin and put it back in the oven to bake for 30 minutes.
Pumpkin in the oven with cheese
Of course, they often cook with cheese, for example, or vegetable mixtures. But hard cheese also goes well with pumpkin. So, for the proposed recipe you will need:
1 small pumpkin
1 liter of heavy cream,
0.5 kg hard cheese,
50 g butter,
Spices (ground black pepper, nutmeg, salt) as desired.
From a medium-sized pumpkin weighing up to approximately 1.5 kg, the “lid” is cut off and the seeds and internal fibers are selected with a spoon. Piece hard cheese grated coarsely and poured into prepared pumpkin container. Cream is also poured there; in terms of volume, their quantity is selected so that in the “container” they do not reach the top edge by 3-5 cm.
Otherwise, if there is a lot of cream, the contents will spill out onto the baking sheet during baking and burn. Next, the workpiece is peppered, salted to taste, and a piece of butter is placed inside. The “pot” is covered with a lid that was cut off earlier, and is sent to cook for an hour or even longer (depending on the initial value) at a temperature of 180 C. The dish is served “ Stuffed pumpkin baked in the oven”, scooping out the inner creamy cheese mass into deep dinner plates.
“Baking whole pumpkin with millet”
Comes out nourishing and flavorful whole pumpkin baked in the oven with millet porridge. For this method a fruit weighing about 2 kg is taken, the top is cut off and part of the pulp is scraped out. The millet is boiled until tender. Add sugar to taste into the pumpkin, a piece of butter, then boiled millet, and on top a little more butter and 1 tsp. Sahara. All this is covered with a pumpkin lid. The stuffed fruit is pierced with a knitting needle in several places in a circle just below the cut and placed in a preheated oven, where it is baked until fully cooked. To finish the dish, you can use a microwave oven, in which it is enough to soak the pumpkin for 20 minutes. At the end, the internal contents are mixed with a spoon, and the dish is served hot on the table.
“Baking pumpkin in a pocket”
For the next original way preparation for 0.5 kg of pumpkin take 2-3 cloves of garlic, 1 lemon, 1 large bunch of parsley, 2 tbsp. olive oil, 0.5 tsp. coriander seeds and ground black pepper, salt.
According to the recipe, the pumpkin is peeled and cut into larger pieces. The washed greens are chopped. The juice is squeezed out of the lemon and mixed with olive oil, to which coriander, salt, pepper, crushed garlic and chopped herbs are also added. Rub the pumpkin pieces with the prepared marinade and place them on deep baking tray or a frying pan lined with foil. The workpiece is wrapped with the edges of foil, forming a pocket out of it, and placed in the oven heated to 200 C. How long to bake pumpkin in the oven, depends on the size and thickness of the pieces; but on average it takes about half an hour. At the end, the dish is revealed and left in the oven for another 20 minutes to brown.
In addition to the described recipes, there is another way quick baking. According to it, the fruit is cut into slices, laid out on a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper, greased with vegetable oil, and sprinkled with spices and herbs according to individual taste. In principle, you can take the same set of spices as on. The pieces are then placed in hot oven and baked in it until a light brown crust forms. The dish is served as " Pumpkin baked in the oven. Photo"with fresh sauce or sour cream.
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